linux wtmp file was enormous

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Published on 2010-05-20T14:25:26Z Indexed on 2010/05/20 14:32 UTC
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So... I discovered that my wtmp file was really big today, like 2.1GB.

I deleted it and recreated it, but...

Is there any way I can tell logrotate to well, rotate the log?

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